East Haddon
| East Haddon | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Main Street, East Haddon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP667681 |
| Location: | 52°18’26"N, 1°1’19"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 643 (2011) |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN6 |
| Dialling code: | 01604 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
East Haddon is a small village in Northamptonshire, eight miles from Northampton. Around it stand such villages as Holdenby, Ravensthorpe and Long Buckby. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 643.
The village's name means 'Heathy hill'. 'East' to distinguish from West Haddon.[1]
Contents
The Parish Church of St Mary
The oldest building in the village is the East Haddon Church. The church was built in the 12th century and restored in the 14th century. The village's bells were installed in 1621 and a fifth was added in 1731.[2] The first ever recorded peal on five bells was rung on New Year's Day 1756, lasting over three hours with 5,040 changes.[3]
East Haddon Hall
East Haddon Hall was built in 1780 for the Sawbridge Family by John Wagstaff Fun, a builder from Daventry. It was built to a design by John Johnson of Leicester.[4] It is a Grade I listed building[5] and
About
East Haddon has a primary school, a church, a village hall and historical items dotted around it such as the old hall, the village pump and the old chapel. East Haddon has one pub, the Red Lion.
The Show Gardens of Haddonstone are here – a company formed and based in the village since 1971.[6] The gardens have been featured in books by gardening writers.[7][8] The show gardens are on the site of the company's head offices.[9] The gardens are maintained throughout the year and contain garden ornament and cast stone architecture products that Haddonstone sell.[9] The gardens are also open for the National Garden Scheme, and raised over £1,000 in May 2012.
Society
- Amateur dramatics: East Haddon Players
- East Haddon History Society
- East Haddon Cricket
- Team East Haddon running club
The village hall is the venue for regular quiz nights and celebratory events
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about East Haddon) |
References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/East%20Haddon.
- ↑ East Haddon Parish Council. "Village History". http://www.easthaddonpc.org.uk/local-info-indiv.php?id=71&name=Village%20History.
- ↑ Saint, David (19 July 2012). "Clan Dominated Village". Northampton Chronicle & Echo: p. 89.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3page 198
- ↑ National Heritage List 1031915: East Haddon Hall (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Haddonstone Show Gardens". Trip Advisor. http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186348-d1534310-Reviews-Haddonstone_Show_Gardens-Northamptonshire_England.html.
- ↑ Coates, Peter (1988). The House & Garden Book of English Garden. Devon: Webb & Bower. pp. 160. ISBN 0-86350-195-8.
- ↑ Mowl, Timothy (2008). The Historic Gardens of England- Northamptonshire. Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing. pp. 192. ISBN 978-0-7524-4568-7.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Brosnan, Anna. "Haddonstone gardens open for charity". http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/lifestyle/gardening/haddonstone-gardens-open-for-charity-1-4200439.
